TVK Electricity Minister CTR Nirmal Kumar has defended the party functionaries filming reels during a government hospital event, stating that the activity did not cause any inconvenience to the public.
Speaking to reporters after inaugurating a pulse polio immunisation camp and administering polio drops to children at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Nirmal Kumar was asked about criticism that party cadres had delayed the official programme and crowded the venue while filming videos on their mobile phones.
Responding to the criticism, the minister said the government had not instructed officials to delay the programme for the arrival of party functionaries or anyone else. He said directions had been issued to conduct programmes as scheduled.
“Ten or fifteen people recording videos on their phones does not inconvenience anyone,” Nirmal Kumar said. He added that the government hospital faced far more pressing issues, including shortages of staff, nurses and doctors, as well as inadequate space.
The minister said the hospital had been waiting for nearly ten years for additional land to undertake expansion works and assured that the government would take steps to expand the facility. He also said that while buildings had been constructed at several government hospitals, there was a shortage of personnel to operate them effectively, adding that the government would address those deficiencies.
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